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Representing the world: how can the media drive change? John Prideaux, US Editor, The Economist - Moderator Neha Dixit, independent journalist Carolina Guerrero, journalist and Chief Executive of Radio Ambulante Karen Okonkwo, Co-Founder, TONL Media Established media organisations are often accused of promoting a monoculture and of being dominated by privileged, middle-aged men who have an innate bias towards stories and ideas that match their own interests and world-view. This hegemony is slowly being challenged by media entrepreneurs and independent journalists who are finding new routes to audiences in their desire to tell stories that are more culturally, ethnically and politically diverse. In a panel discussion on the second day of Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2019, John Prideaux, US Editor of The Economist, met three women who are dedicated to challenging the prejudices that shape the corporate media so many of us consume. 53